For the first time in Oman, the Telecommunications Regularity Authority (TRA) has launched the first Arabic domain ".oman" to facilitate Arab users of the Internet.
This initiative is a major step towards encouraging individuals and institutions to use the Arabic domain name as an address for their websites.

President Jacob Zuma, the Grand Patron of the National Orders, invites members of the public to nominate the recipients of the 2016 National Orders Awards.
National Orders are the highest awards that South Africa bestows on its citizens and eminent foreign nationals who have contributed towards the advancement of democracy and who have made a significant impact on improving the lives of South Africans.
The ceremony contributes towards unity, reconciliation and building the nation. It is ...

Churches are ideal organs of civil society to help the nation reverse the vicious tide of poverty, says Gauteng Infrastructure Development MEC Nandi Mayathula-Khoza.
Speaking at the National Conference to the National Baptist Church of Southern Africa (NBCSA), on Tuesday, MEC Mayathula-Khoza said this was the case because the churches’ moral and spiritual high ground would not allow poverty and suffering.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Youth Development as well as Administration, Buti Manamela will on Sunday participate in the 702 Walk the Talk.
He will be participating in the walk to raise awareness and funds for girls who abstain from school due to a lack of sanitary towels.

The pool of information technology experts in the country is likely to grow in coming days following a tripartite agreement between Rwanda Development Board, Rwanda Online Platform Limited (ROPL) and CrimsonLogic, a Singaporean e-Government solutions provider, to further develop skills of fresh IT graduates.

The first phase of the N12 freeway upgrade has been completed at a cost of R100 million, Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, announced on Tuesday.
The rehabilitated portion of the freeway stretches from Eldorado Park to Zuurbekom, south of Johannesburg and provides a critical link between Gauteng and the North West Province.

Justice and Correctional Services Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla has encouraged government and the private sector to employ former inmates.
“Government and the private sector must play a leading role in giving ex-offenders a second chance,” Deputy Minister Makwetla said on Thursday.
Speaking at the Ex-Offenders Conference, in Pretoria, he said one of the issues that could be looked at is how ex-offenders could be assisted to form co-operatives to exploit opportunities in business.

The future success of the insurance industry – and, in fact, all industries – will be driven by innovation. So says Robert Boccia, chief information officer at Lion of Africa.
So much so, that we need to conceive of the chief information officer as the chief innovation officer. And innovation in the insurance industry rests on two fundamental principles: improving technology systems and encouraging change in consumer behaviour.
Technology and information systems have previously been used to ...

The World Economic Forum's 25th meeting in Africa, with the theme Then and Now: Reimagining Africa's Future, takes place in Cape Town from 3 to 5 June.
It will be the largest ever in the region, with more than 1 250 leaders from business, politics, academia, civil society and the media attending.
The record levels of participation could be seen to reflect an optimism in the economic prospects of the region, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), as well as an unprecedented commitment a ...